Incident Date:
August 06, 1998
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Listuguj, Quebec Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Barricade Incident)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Ethnic,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Highway/Road/Toll/Traffic Signal)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 08/06/1998: Aboriginal militants from the community of Listuguj blockaded a highway running through their community in a dispute over logging. The militants had improvised explosive devices in their possession. It is also believed that they had small arms as well. The blockade was dismantled peacefully after 11 days.
References: 1) RCMP Chronology. p.22.
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